In ancient times, the grain yield was low, and it was dependent on the weather for food, and the harvest was better when the climate was suitable, but there were also famine years when there was no harvest. Geng Qiu's nearly three acres of wheat were only harvested six or seven hundred catties. One acre is counted as more than 200 catties. In summary, it can be regarded as a high yield. Geng Qiu looked at these bags of wheat, and always felt that something was wrong, in his memory, the wheat and rice in his village were all nearly 1,000 catties per mu.

According to the current yield, his family's more than one mu of rice is estimated to be about 200 catties of rice. According to the algorithm of eighty percent of the grain, these wheat should be processed into flour, which is about 500 catties. Their family now has to eat more than 100 catties of grain a month, and there are really a few big-bellied men in the family, and their family will not be half grain and half vegetables like the people in the village, or even half full and half hungry, so their family eats enough food in one month to eat for other people's families for more than two months. This wheat is enough to eat for up to half a year.

He clearly remembers that in modern times, his family only has five acres of land, and the family's food for a year is enough to eat, and he usually does not save much, using millet to feed chickens and ducks, and using leftover rice and rice bran to raise pigs. In this way, he never heard of a family that did not have enough food to eat, unless it was exchanged for money, or it was a year of famine, and the grain harvest was lost.

Moreover, at that time, the agricultural tax had not been abolished, and each mu of land had to pay public grain. And the public grain paid is still the best. Not only rice and wheat have to pay taxes, but also other tea, breeding and so on, the taxes are not low. However, my hometown is a land of fish and rice, with more fields, and most peasant families can basically eat enough. It's really hard for him to accept that he has only enough food for half a year without paying taxes. If the tax is paid, won't the remaining food only be enough to eat for more than three months?

Geng Qiu was worried that there was not enough food to eat, and the third uncle and the third aunt were extremely happy, and the third uncle said: "Ah Qiu, our family's field is really a fertile field, which is enough for half a year's grain." ”

"Hehe, it's not in vain that Brother Qiu and I dug for more than two months last year before we dug up this land, and the wheat is enough to eat for half a year, and we can harvest a little rice. In this way, we don't have a big food deficit for a year. Ah Hao happily continued.

Geng Qiu couldn't hit them, saying that the yield per mu in his hometown was more than three times that of here. I had to laugh along. In his heart, he was secretly thinking about how to improve the yield, especially rice, and he remembered that his hometown was all double-harvested, some were early rice and medium rice, and some were medium rice and late rice. He guessed that the acre of rice that his family was planting now should be early rice, and he didn't know if he could find middle rice and late rice.

"This is the barren land you two dug up?" The third uncle asked in surprise. He thought that this was originally a fertile field, but where did he know that it was a barren field.

"Yes, when the two of us came, we brought two mules and a cow, this house was bought, where is there any land." Ah Hao said. Ah Hao remembered that last year's life was worse than now, and at that time, there was a dare to want to study. At that time, he was just thinking about how to fill his stomach.

"Well, but that's fine, this field should not be taxed." The third uncle said. Not having to pay taxes is a very advantageous thing for everyone, because it is only enough to eat food for half a year, and if you pay taxes again, you may have enough to eat for two or three months.

"yes. I've asked a long time ago. No taxes for five years. However, if Ah Hao is admitted to Xiucai, we don't have to pay taxes for another 100 acres. Geng Qiu said with a smile. There is no need to pay taxes, and all the grain grown is left for their own family to eat, and a few acres of food are enough for the family to eat.

"One hundred acres, where are you going to get it, is there a hundred acres of fertile land in this village?" Ah Hao asked rhetorically.

"That's what I said. Even if there is one in the village, it is someone else's. I mean, can we go up and buy a few acres of land, otherwise, where will we have enough acres of land to chew for a year. ”

Ah Qiu's words are also reasonable. We can't just hunt all the time. This hunting is just to make us eat better, and if we really want to sell it, it is estimated that we will not be able to exchange it for much money. The third uncle also said.

He now understood very well that unless the prey they hunted was pulled to a distant county or county government to sell, it was in this town, where could they sell how much silver. Last time, Ah Hao and Geng Qiu could get dozens of taels of silver, and that was not the price of the prey itself. If you want to live in this place, you really have to buy a few acres of land. Otherwise, not to mention the three of Ahao, A Niuning, and Brother A's education, it would not be easy for the family to eat and dress well.

Besides, every time you hunt, the people in the village look at it, and the people in the whole village are basically like a big family, it is impossible for your family to eat meat every day, and other people don't even have a mouthful of soup. So every time the prey is given to the villagers, Geng Qiu is half exchanged for half and half given to the villagers, also to make the family live better in this village. In fact, this is not a long-term solution, the so-called promotion of Mien, fighting Mi hatred. I'm afraid that if I get used to raising the people in the village, I won't be able to get rid of it in the future, and I won't get any benefits.

After listening to their words, Ah Hao also began to think about buying land in his heart, but it was obvious that there was no land to buy here. It's a real conundrum. Thinking about it, Ah Hao is not even in the mood to read. It's still raining day and night. It's getting more and more upsetting.

It rained heavily for several days, and everyone's changed clothes were hung with several ropes, and wet clothes were everywhere. Geng Qiu looked at the clothes that were still dripping after three days of washing, and missed the modern washing machine very much, but now he had to twist it a few more times to squeeze out the water in the clothes as much as possible. He didn't have a change of clothes. Don't talk about him, Ah Niu, a little kid, will leave now, and make a fuss, I can't wait to change my clothes several times a day, and his clothes alone are covered with a rope. Just now, the third aunt deliberately took his little clothes to bake. I don't have any dry clothes to wear without baking.

"Fortunately, our family got all the wheat straw back, otherwise, there would not even be enough firewood and grass to burn these days." The third uncle looked at the continuous rain outside and said. After such a heavy rain, most of the wheat straw that other people's families confiscated back is going to rot in the field, but it is regarded as a fertile field. But their fields were already fertile enough, and after a season of wheat was planted, they didn't apply fertilizer once, and they grew extremely strong.

"It's going to be a few days. If you go down again, don't say you don't have dry clothes to change, you're afraid of flooding. The third aunt said worriedly.

"Yes, I went to herd the ducks these days, and I saw that the water had risen so high." The third uncle is also very worried, it will be troublesome if there is a flood.

It was as if I had heard what they were saying, and the rain had gradually become lighter. Geng Qiu, who had been stuffy in the house for a few days, said: "Hey, this water is rising, will there be a lot of fish?" When he was a child, on such a rainy day, his friends liked to go to the small ditch and river by the paddy field to catch fish. Even when the water is too heavy, the rice fields are completely flooded, and the fields can be rowed and fished.

"Let's go out and have a look." Ah Hao is interested, in recent days, his mood has not been good, even Geng Qiu went to his study, he didn't bother to amuse him.

Geng Qiu and Ah Hao put on hats, rolled up their trousers, rolled up their sleeves, carried a small basket and a few small dustpans, and went out happily. The family has meat to eat during this time, but everyone misses the fish again.

When they reached the edge of the swamp, they saw that the water had flooded, and several fields had been submerged in water, but fortunately the crops had been harvested. It doesn't matter if you're soaking. The rice field planted by Geng Qiu originally stored a lot of water because of the high field stalks, but because it would come and release the water every day, the rice seedlings were not all submerged, and they all grew well in the field.

The two of them were in a shallow place, holding two dustpans and half-lying in the aquatic plants, and then using the other two to drive the water around them into it, and only when the water was turbid did they pick it up. Sure enough, before the water was finished, I saw a small fish jumping around. There are also loaches and small shrimp.

As soon as he saw the fish, Ah Hao's interest increased, and he poured the fish into the small basket with a cry and raised it in the rice field next to him. After a few rounds of this, the small basket brought by the two of them contained a few catties of small fish and shrimp.

Ah Hao had never fished like this before, but now he was so happy that he was smiling, and he and Geng Qiu were smiling and grinning, and when they met something too small, they couldn't look at it, and threw it away. The two of them were fishing and playing in the water, sweeping away the depression of the past few days.

"Look, rainbow." Geng Qiu was happy to see him, and his mood became happy. When I looked up, I saw a bright rainbow not far away.

"It's beautiful." Ah Hao followed his gaze and exclaimed. Both of them were looking at the rainbow, and for a while they didn't even care about the fish. After a fuss just now, the clothes of the two of them were half wet, and there was a little mud splashed, and even Ah Hao's white face was stained with two mud. Geng Qiu leaned over, wiped his face with his sleeve, and got in, by the way, he wanted to steal a kiss on his rosy lips, the two have always had a tacit understanding, where is a kiss can be separated, the two lips and teeth are entangled, it is difficult to separate, and they almost have to compose a wild fun.

Suddenly, Geng Qiu's body tilted violently and shouted, "Yo, there's a big one." It turned out that he stepped on a big fish, and he swam away to Ah Hao.

Ah Hao reacted very quickly, and immediately surrounded him, and the two of them took four dustpans and surrounded them, and after tossing, Geng Qiu actually caught a black fish about five catties in size. Seeing this big guy, Geng Qiu turned around and smiled evilly at Ah Hao: "Dare to spoil my good deeds, today I want to make boiled sauerkraut fish fillet, so I'll take you to the dish." Ah Hao, do you want to make an appointment at night? ”

Ah Hao had already been aroused, but he was made to laugh out loud by his words, but Ah Hao has always enjoyed this kind of thing, and pushed the boat down the river and said, "Okay." Come over early. ”

There are already several catties of small fish and shrimp in the basket, and with such a big one, let alone adding a dish, you can add vegetables for several days. Geng Qiu and Ah Hao also lost the meaning of fishing, and went home to make a big meal.

As soon as Geng Qiu got home, he first went to get a ball of kimchi and took it out and soaked it in clean water for later use. This sauerkraut fish relies on sauerkraut to enhance the flavor. Anyway, there have always been a lot of these pickles at home. Although it is not good to eat too many pickled products, it is a good life for every family to have pickled vegetables to eat every day. So here Geng Qiu doesn't pay attention to these words.

The remaining small fish and shrimp were picked up alive and raised in a large water tank, and the rest of the fish and three aunts were all taken to clean up, and the big ones were pickled and eaten tomorrow, and the small Geng Qiu first sprinkled a little salt, and then mixed some flour paste and fried them in oil.

The fish is sliced into thin slices, the backbone and head and tail are taken out first, and fried in oil, and the sauerkraut is fried in another pot, and a large spoon of lard is added, these are put together, and the soup is slowly boiled, and when the soup is thick and flavorful, then the fish fillets are added, and the fire is boiled, and it is done, in fact, it is very simple. Geng Qiu made this dish, and the fish fillets were not fried in the oil pan first, although they would be more tender and smooth after frying, but they lost their nutrition. Therefore, it will be slightly older when cooked directly, and the taste will not be so good. But even so, everyone in the family thought the dish was so fresh that even the soup was drunk.